one of the complications of end-stage renal disease (esrd) is sensorineural hearing loss (snhl). despite large number of studies on adults esrd patients, there are only a few reported surveys regarding snhl in children. to determine the prevalence of snhl in children with esrd and its relationship with sex of patients, presence of hypertension, history of ototoxic drugs administration and durat...

Introduction: The selection of   optimal treatment of obstructive nephrouropathy requires information about the functional status of each kidney. Nuclear renal scanning objectively measure differential renal function, multiple studies have demonstrated the role of assessment of renal perfusion and GFR with triphasic CT. The aim of this study is to assess the role of CT based on renal parenchyma...

Introduction: Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is associated with inadequate urine drainage from renal pelvis into ureter. UPJO results from incomplete recanalization of proximal ureter during fetal period which finally leads to hydrostatic distention of renal pelvis and calyces. Diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms, ultrasound, and diuretic isotopic renogram. Various surgical metho...

renal vein thrombosis (rvt) is the most frequent vascular abnormality in newborns, but rarely seen in adults. rvt is an acute problem, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches should be done immediately. surgical thrombectomy is not a rational approach and the treatment of choice is conservative management and thrombolytic therapy. we present a 45 years old male patient with chronic renal vein...

the purpose of this study was to gain more information on the structure of different layers of renal arteryand comparing these structures in post-natal male and female sheep. to do so, right and left renal arteries of6 adult and 6 newborn animals were dissected; the middle parts of arteries were only collected. after tissueprocessing using paraffin embedding method, 5–6-μm sections were cut and...

introduction malignant priapism due to cancers is a rare condition that only 30 cases of kidney cancers were reported. case presentation we report on the first case of simultaneous penile, renal vein, vena cava, liver and ipslateral adrenal gland metastases from primary renal cancer in a 56-year-old man. the only complain of the patient was a history of painful priapism for one month. corporogl...

background: cytomegalovirus (cmv) disease is an important cause of death and possibly transplant rejection in kidney transplant (kt) patients. this study was conducted to investigate the incidence and risk factors of cmv disease in kidney transplant patients. methods: all end-stage renal disease (esrd) patients who underwent kidney transplantation during 1998-2014 and their donors were assessed...

background chronic kidney disease related mineral and bone disease (ckd-mbd) is a worldwide challenge in hemodialysis patients. in senegal, number of dialysis patients is growing but few data are available about their bone disorders. objectives to describe patterns of ckd-mbd in senegalese dialysis patients. patients and methods we performed a cross-sectional study including patients from three...

abstract   background: hydronephrosis is the most common congenital condition that is detected by prenatal ultrasonography. moreover, the widespread use of prenatal ultrasonography results in an increased recognition of fetal hydronephrosis. prenatal hydronephrosis is diagnosed at an incidence of 1:100 to 1:500 by ultrasonographic studies. the presence of hydronephrosis is not synonymous with o...